The Galileo Project website, which inspired the creation of our large telescope, lists plans for building a sufficient base. Building a simple Galilean telescope (about 9x magnification) ...

Still, even Galileo recognized the ground-based uses of telescopes. After building his first telescopes, Galileo demonstrated ...

2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo turning a looking glass to the sky and shaking up humanity's view of the heavens. Then, puny telescopes ...

Still, even Galileo recognized the ground-based uses of telescopes. After building his first telescopes, Galileo demonstrated the new instrument to the Venetian Senate, including military leaders.